List of noted children of clergy is a list of notable persons concerned with individuals whose status as a child of a cleric is important, preferably critical, to their fame or significance.

Western religions

Christian

Pre-Schism

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

, Patron Saint of Ireland, son of a British deacon and grandson of a priest

Catholic

George Bariț George Bariț (often rendered as George Barițiu, hu, Báricz György; 4 June 1812 – 2 May 1893), was an Romanians, ethnic Romanian Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian historian, philologist, playwright, politician, businessman and journalist, th ...

– son of an Eastern-rite Catholic priest who once trained for the priesthood. * Amy Coney Barrett, United States Supreme Court justice, daughter of a Catholic deacon. *

Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (; ca-valencia, Cèsar Borja ; es, link=no, César Borja ; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian ex- cardinal and '' condottiero'' (mercenary leader) of Aragonese (Spanish) origin, whose fight for power was a major ...

Herfried Münkler and Marina Münkler, ''Lexikon der Renaissance'', Munich: Beck, 2000, pp. 43ff. *

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Govern ...

* George Coșbuc – Romanian poet, 14 generations of his family were Eastern-rite priests including his father *

Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma Pier Luigi Farnese (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547) was the first Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 and the first Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 to 1547. Born in Rome, Pier Luigi was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Alessandro Farne ...

Marcion of Sinope Marcion of Sinope (; grc, Μαρκίων ; ) was an early Christian theologian in early Christianity. Marcion preached that God had sent Jesus Christ who was an entirely new, alien god, distinct from the vengeful God of Israel who had created ...

– son of the Bishop of Sinope, propagator of

Marcionism Marcionism was an early Christian dualistic belief system that originated with the teachings of Marcion of Sinope in Rome around the year 144. Marcion was an early Christian theologian, evangelist, and an important figure in early Christianity. ...

, an early Christian heresy *

Pope Silverius Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nep ...

– legitimate son of a pope *

Thomas I of York Thomas of Bayeux (died 1100) was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. He was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke William of Normandy, who later became King William I of England. After the Norman Conquest, the king ...

–

Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers th ...

in Catholic era (Celibacy had become the rule, but was still haphazardly enforced.)

Eastern Orthodox

Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...

- Russian

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

and inventor. He is best remembered for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the

periodic table of elements The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the (chemical) elements, is a rows and columns arrangement of the chemical elements. It is widely used in chemistry, physics, and other sciences, and is generally seen as an Cultural i ...

. * Nikolay Bogolyubov – Russian theoretical and mathematical physicist. *

Sergei Bulgakov Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov (; russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Булга́ков; – 13 July 1944) was a Russian Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, and economist. Biography Early life: 1871–18 ...

– Russian theologian. * Nikolai Chernyshevsky – Socialist thinker, writer, and

materialist Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature, and all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materialis ...

Cyriacus the Anchorite Saint Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as 'Cyriacus the Hermit') (Greek: , ''Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs'') was born in Corinth in the year 448. Early life His father was a priest named John and his mother's name was Eudoxia. Kyriakos h ...

– saint in the

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

. * Demetri Martin – comedian, served as an altar boy. *

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...

– Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1904), Scientist.

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. *

Stanislav Radonjić Stanislav Popov Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Станислав Радоњић) or Staniša Stanišić (Станиша Станишић); 1690 – 17 March 1758), known as Stano (Стано), was a '' vojvoda'', ''serdar'' and the first ''guvernadur'' (gove ...

– Montenegrin governor *

Staniša Radonjić Staniša Radonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Станиша Радоњић), known as Staniša Popov (Станиша Попов; 1682 - 1693), was a Serbian Orthodox priest, chieftain (''vojvoda'') of the Njeguši tribe, and ''Serdar'' of the Prince-Bishopric ...

– Montenegrin serdar *

George Stephanopoulos George Robert Stephanopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Στεφανόπουλος ; born February 10, 1961) is an American television host, political commentator, and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos currently is a coanchor with Robin Robe ...

– former altar boy. *

Theophan the Recluse Theophan the Recluse, also known as Theophan Zatvornik or Theophanes the Recluse (Russian: Святитель Феофан Затворник Вышенский, епископ Тамбовский; January 10, 1815 – January 6, 1894), is a well ...

– saint in the

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* Yevgeny Zamyatin –

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

who initially supported the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

Adrian Zmed Adrian George Zmed (born March 14, 1954) is an American actor, singer and television personality, noted for the roles of Johnny Nogerelli in ''Grease 2'' and Officer Vince Romano in the ''T.J. Hooker'' television series. Early life Zmed was bor ...

– actor *

Justin Popović Justin Popović ( sr-cyr, Јустин Поповић, ; 6 April 1894 – 7 April 1979) was a Serbian Orthodox theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, writer, an advocate of anti-communism and a critic of the pr ...

– Serbian theologian * Miloš Milojević – Serbian writer and politician

Oriental Orthodoxy

Abraham Kovoor Abraham Thomas Kovoor (10 April 1898 – 18 September 1978) was an Indian professor and rationalist who gained prominence after retirement for his campaign to expose as frauds various Indian and Sri Lankan "god-men" and so-called paranormal ...

– skeptic and atheist.

Protestant

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Roy Acuff Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown ...

– American country music singer, fiddler and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music." * Stacey Abrams – American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author. Both her parents are Methodist ministers. * Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook – Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer. *

John Abernethy (minister) John Abernethy (19 October 1680 – 1 December 1740) was an Irish Presbyterian minister and church leader, the grandfather of the surgeon John Abernethy. Life He was born at Coleraine, County Londonderry, where his father John was a Pres ...

Sophia Akuffo Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo (born 20 December 1949) was the Chief Justice of Ghana from 2017 until 20 December 2019. Prior to that, she had already been a Judge in the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995. Education The daughter of a Presbyter ...

– Chief Justice of Ghana (2017–19), daughter of a Presbyterian minister * Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair – taught by his minister father and taught for the

SPCK The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) is a UK-based Christian charity. Founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray, it has worked for over 300 years to increase awareness of the Christian faith in the UK and across the world. The SPCK is th ...

for a time. *

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

Crucify (song) "Crucify" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the fifth single from her debut studio album ''Little Earthquakes'', on May 12, 1992, by Atlantic Records in North America and on June 8 by EastWest Rec ...

and "Icicle" deal overtly with the background as do others. * Garner Ted Armstrong – son of

Herbert W. Armstrong Herbert W. Armstrong (July 31, 1892 – January 16, 1986) was an American evangelism, evangelist who founded the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). An early pioneer of radio evangelism, radio and television evangelism, Armstrong preached what he c ...

who was disfellowed by him. * Matthew Arnold – poet and educationist, son of Revd.

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were wide ...

Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A ...

– President of the United States, son of a Baptist minister. * John Ashcroft – father was an Assemblies of God congregation minister. *

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

– English novelist; daughter of George Austen an Anglican clergyman. Her maternal grandfather and her brother James, were also clergymen. *

Christopher Awdry Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English author. He is best known for his contributions to ''The Railway Series'' of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his late father, Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997). He has ...

– English author who continued The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine first created by his father Rev. Wilbert Awdry *

Titus Awotwi Pratt Titus Awotwi Pratt is a Ghanaian educationist and minister. He was the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana. He has served as the head of the Methodist Church in The Gambia as well as the Bishop of Accra. He spent the early years of h ...

– Ghanaian educator and Methodist minister, son of Methodist minister, Charles Awotwi Pratt * Joan Bridge Baez and

Albert Baez Albert Vinicio Báez (; November 15, 1912 – March 20, 2007) was a Mexican-American physicist and the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña, and an uncle of John C. Baez. He made important contributions to the early development of X- ...

– parents of peace activist and folksinger

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

were both children of clergy who themselves became Quakers. * Robert Baden-Powell – founder of international

Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...

movement. * John Baillie, and brother

Donald Macpherson Baillie Donald Macpherson Baillie (1887 – 1954) was a Scottish theologian, ecumenist, and parish minister. Life Raised in the Calvinist tradition, Baillie studied at University of Edinburgh and then at the University of Marburg, where he was influe ...

– prominent Scottish theologians, a third brother Peter Baillie, was a missionary in India. All were sons of

Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to: * Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical * Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...

Minister John Baillie. *

John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE (; 13 August 188814 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demo ...

– was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, was the youngest of four children of the Reverend John Baird, the

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...

's minister for the local St Bride's Church and Jessie Morrison Inglis, the orphaned niece of a wealthy family of shipbuilders from

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

. *

Jay Bakker Jamie Charles "Jay" Bakker (born December 18, 1975) is an American pastor, author, and speaker. He is the son of televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner. During his young adult years, Bakker became disillusioned with mainstream Christ ...

– founder of LGBT-friendly Revolution Church, son of televangelist Jim Bakker and evangelist and TV personality

Tammy Faye Messner Tamara Faye Messner (née LaValley, formerly Bakker ; March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American evangelist, singer, author, talk show host, and television personality. She gained notice for her work with ''The PTL Club'', a televangelist ...

. *

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; de ...

– raised by his stepfather who was a preacher and his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain relates to this. * John Barron (journalist) – son of a Methodist minister who investigated Communists. *

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...

– Swiss Reformed theologian whom critics hold to be among the most important Christian thinkers of the 20th century. * Pierre Bayle – French writer and philosopher. Son of a pastor in the French Reformed Church. *

Robert Hugh Benson Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He wa ...

– Son of

Edward White Benson Edward White Benson (14 July 1829 – 11 October 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death. Before this, he was the first Bishop of Truro, serving from 1877 to 1883, and began construction of Truro Cathedral. He was previousl ...

, the

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

, his conversion to Catholicism while an Anglican priest caused a sensation. An English author, several of siblings including

A. C. Benson Arthur Christopher Benson, (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet and academic, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar’s '' Coronation Ode'', including the words of th ...

E. F. Benson Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Early life E.F. Benson was born at Wellington College (Berkshire), Wellington College in Berkshir ...

, and

Margaret Benson Margaret Benson (16 June 1865 – 13 May 1916) was an English author and Egyptologist best known for her excavation of the Precinct of Mut. Early life and family Margaret was born in 1865 near Reading, England, as one of the six children ...

were also authors. * Barney Bentall – Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter. *

J. D. Beresford John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 2 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. Beresford was a great admirer of H.G. Wells, and w ...

– agnostic,

The Hampdenshire Wonder ''The Hampdenshire Wonder'' is a 1911 science fiction novel by J. D. Beresford. It is one of the first novels to involve a wunderkind. The child in it, Victor Stott, is the son of a famous cricket player. This origin is perhaps a reference to ...

contains an unflattering minister character. *

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (bapt. 12 July 1712 – 16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachus ...

– British Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. *

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...

– noted atheist, son of a Lutheran minister. * Crystal Bernard – actress and singer. Daughter of a Baptist televangelist who traveled across the United States preaching and singing. *

William Henry Bliss William Henry Bliss (26 April 1835 – 8 March 1909) was an English scholar and Anglican convert to Catholicism. Early life and education Bliss was born in Newton St Loe, Bath, Somerset. He was the son of Rev. William Bliss and Jane Monck ( ...

– convert to Catholicism who worked at the Vatican. * John Bost – French Protestant minister. Father was a minister. *

Alex Briley Alexander Briley (born April 12, 1951) is an American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco recording act Village People. Biography Alex Briley was born in Harlem, New York City, in 1951, the son of a Christian minister. Raised in ...

– got his start singing in church. *

Anne Brontë Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria (born Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish cl ...

, Charlotte Brontë,

Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ''Wuthering Heights'', now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poet ...

– sister novelists, daughters of an Anglican vicar. * Branwell Brontë – brother of the Brontë sisters. * Cleanth Brooks – literary critic who wrote ''Community, Religion, and Literature: Essays (1995).'' *

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chance ...

– former prime minister of Great Britain, son of a Church of Scotland minister. * Measha Brueggergosman – Canadian soprano, opera singer and concert artist; her father is a Baptist pastor. *

Walter Brueggemann Walter Brueggemann (born March 11, 1933) is an American Protestant Old Testament scholar and theologian who is widely considered one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last several decades. His work often focuses on the Hebrew p ...

– influential Old Testament scholar and writer during the early 21st century. He often speaks of the influence of his father, a German Evangelical pastor. Published over 100 books. * Pearl S. Buck – child of missionaries with her father being a minister. *

Aaron Burr Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805. Burr's legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexand ...

–

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who studied theology at Princeton University and whose father was Reverend

Aaron Burr, Sr. Aaron Burr Sr. (January 4, 1716 – September 24, 1757) was a notable Presbyterian minister and college educator in colonial America. He was a founder of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the father of Aaron Burr ( ...

* John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir – Scottish writer, served as Governor General of Canada. * Jamal Harrison Bryant – founder/Pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church Baltimore MD, author of "World War Me: How to Win the War I Lost", is the son of Bishop John Richard Bryant of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. * Jeremy Camp – contemporary Christian musician. His father is pastor at Harvest Chapel, a Calvary Chapel church in Lafayette, IN. * Alexander Campbell – Church planter/minister in independent congregations in US during Restoration Movement. *

John McLeod Campbell John McLeod Campbell (4 May 1800 – 27 February 1872) was a Scottish minister and Reformed theologian. In the opinion of one German church historian, contemporaneous with Campbell, his theology was a highpoint of British theology during the ni ...

– nineteenth-century Scottish minister and a

Reformed theologian Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calv ...

of note. He disagreed with the

Westminster Confession of Faith The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the " subordinate standard" ...

's view of a limited atonement. * Bart Campolo – First humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California; an American humanist speaker and writer he is the son of

Tony Campolo Anthony Campolo (born February 25, 1935) is an American sociologist, Baptist pastor, author, public speaker and former spiritual advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Campolo is known as one of the most influential leaders in the evangelical ...

. * Lois Capps – attended Pacific Lutheran University and has a Master's in religion. * Bampfylde Moore Carew – Self-proclaimed king of beggars. * James Carr – Started his music career in church. *

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

– English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer was son of Charles Dodgson,

Archdeacon of Richmond The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the See of Chester, in 1836 to the See of Ripon and after 2014 to the See of ...

. * Wilf Carter – widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers. Son of a Baptist minister, *

Francis Pharcellus Church Francis Pharcellus Church (February 22, 1839 – April 11, 1906) was an American publisher and editor. Born in Rochester, New York, he graduated from Columbia University and embarked on a career in journalism. With his brother, William Cona ...

– author of the New York Sun article, " Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus;" son of a Baptist minister * Carl Henry Clerk – agricultural educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister, son of the Basel missionary, Nicholas Timothy Clerk. His mother also had Carl Meyer, a Basel Mission pastor for a father. *

George C. Clerk George Carver Clerk, (29 July 1931 – 2 May 2019) was a Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist. A professor and later, an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, he also focused his research on West African mycology and ecolo ...

– botanist and plant pathologist, son of Presbyterian minister, Carl Henry Clerk. * Jane E. Clerk – teacher and pioneer woman education administrator on the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

, daughter of the Basel missionary, Nicholas Timothy Clerk. Her mother also had a Basel Mission pastor, Carl Meyer for a father. *

Matilda J. Clerk Matilda Johanna Clerk (2 March 1916 – 27 December 1984) was a medical pioneer and a science educator on the Gold Coast and later in Ghana as well as the second Ghanaian woman to become an orthodox medicine-trained physician. The first wom ...

– physician and science educator, daughter of the Basel missionary, Nicholas Timothy Clerk. Her maternal grandfather, Carl Meyer, was also a Basel Mission pastor *

Nicholas T. Clerk Nicholas Timothy Clerk (3 March 1930 – 22 September 2012) was a Ghanaian academic, administrator and Presbyterian minister who served as the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 1977 to 1982. He ...

– academic, public administrator and Presbyterian minister, son of Presbyterian minister, Carl Henry Clerk * Nicholas Timothy Clerk – theologian, clergyman and missionary, son of Jamaican Moravian missionary, Alexander Worthy Clerk *

Theodore S. Clerk Theodore Shealtiel Clerk, (4 September 1909 – 1965) was an urban planner on the Gold Coast and the first formally trained, professionally certified Ghanaian architect. Attaining a few historic firsts in his lifetime, Theodore Clerk became th ...

– architect and urban planner, son of the Basel missionary, Nicholas Timothy Clerk. His mother's father, Carl Meyer was also a Basel Mission pastor. *

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

– 22nd and 24th President of the United States. His father was a Presbyterian minister. * Wayne K. Clymer – Methodist bishop. * Nat King Cole – singer and jazz pianist, son of a Baptist minister. * Sheila Schuller Coleman – American educator involved in the operation of Crystal Cathedral, founded by her father

Robert H. Schuller Robert Harold Schuller (September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015) was an American Christianity, Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. In his five decades of television, Schuller was principally known for the weekly ...

. * Ned Corbett – was an innovator with use of radio and a pioneer adult educator in Canada. *

Sam Cooke Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred ...

– gospel and

rhythm & blues Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly ...

. *

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

– born Vincent Furnier, singer/songwriter and Theatrical Rock Icon, son of a lay preacher in the Church of Jesus Christ * William Lawson Cotton – Canadian newspaperman and pioneer in introduction of daily newspapers. * Stephen Crane – author of The Red Badge of Courage, son of a Methodist minister. *

Adelaide Crapsey Adelaide Crapsey (September 9, 1878 – October 8, 1914) was an American poet. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rochester, New York. Her parents were the businesswoman Adelaide T. Crapsey and the Episcopal priest Algernon Sidne ...

– daughter of Episcopalian priest

Algernon Sidney Crapsey Algernon Sidney Crapsey (1847–1927) was an American Episcopal clergyman who in 1906 was defrocked after a celebrated heresy trial. Family Algernon Sidney Crapsey was born in Fairmount, Ohio on June 28, 1847. His parents were Jacob Tompkins Cra ...

. * Donald Grant Creighton – university teacher, noted historian, and author was the son of the Reverend William Black Creighton, a Methodist. * Rivers Cuomo – lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter of the rock band

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, was raised in a Zen Buddhist Center, which his father left to become a Pentecostal preacher. * Robert Curl – emeritus professor of

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

. He was awarded the

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in 1996. Curl was the son of a

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...

minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

.http://www.nndb.com/people/798/000100498/ Robert F. Curl, Jr *

Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from ...

– American politician and attorney, son of Rafael Cruz. * Hugh Dennis – his father,

John Dennis John Dennis may refer to: *John Dennis (dramatist) (1658–1734), English dramatist * John Dennis (1771–1806), Maryland congressman *John Dennis (1807–1859), his son, Maryland congressman *John Stoughton Dennis (1820–1885), Canadian surveyor ...

, was the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich. * Dorothea Dix – social reformer, daughter of a circuit Methodist minister. * James Dobson – American author, psychologist, and founder of

Focus on the Family Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations ...

, has three generations of

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co ...

ministers as his paternal ancestors. * Kent Dobson – teaching pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church, an American megachurch is the son of

Ed Dobson Edward G. Dobson (December 30, 1949 – December 26, 2015) was a Northern Irish-American pastor, at one time an executive for the Moral Majority. He became the pastor of a megachurch in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a nationally known author and spea ...

. * Silas Dodu – Ghanaian physician and academic, son of Edward Maxwell Dodu, a Presbyterian Minister who served as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana from 1955 to 1958 *

Florence Dolphyne Florence Abena Dolphyne (born in 1938) is a Ghanaian linguist and academic. She was the first female professor and first female pro-vice chancellor of the University of Ghana. Early life and education Florence Dolphyne hails from Akyinakrom in ...

– Ghanaian academic and linguist, first female professor in Ghana, daughter of a Methodist minister *

Isaak August Dorner Isaak August Dorner (20 June 1809 – 8 July 1884) was a German Lutheran church leader. He was a meditating theologian in nineteenth-century Germany who served as a professor of theology at the University of Berlin and had an international influenc ...

– Lutheran churchleader and son of a Lutheran pastor. *

John Foster Dulles John Foster Dulles (, ; February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American diplomat, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. He served as United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959 and was briefly ...

– attended international religious conferences. * Holly Dunn – "Daddy's Hands" is about her preacher father. * Jonathan Edwards (the younger) – son of

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to: Musicians *Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford *Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician ** ''Jonathan Edwards'' (album), debut album ...

. * Jonathan Edwards (theologian) – son of Timothy Edwards (1668–1759), a minister at East Windsor, Connecticut. *

Monica Edwards Monica Edwards (née Monica le Doux Newton; 8 November 1912 – 18 January 1998) was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels. Early life She was ...

– author whose "Tamzin Grey" character is also a vicar's daughter. *

Leonard K. Elmhirst Leonard Knight Elmhirst (6 June 1893 – 16 April 1974) was a British philanthropist and agronomist who worked extensively in India. He co-founded with his wife, Dorothy, the Dartington Hall project in progressive education and rural reconstruc ...

– once intended to follow his father into the Church. *

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...

– American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century, was the son of a Unitarian minister. * Gudrun Ensslin – her father was a pastor in the Evangelical Church in Germany, she became a founder of the

Baader-Meinhof Group The Red Army Faction (RAF, ; , ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (, , active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group founded in 1970. The ...

. *

Jean Erdman Jean Erdman (February 20, 1916 – May 4, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director. Biography Early years and background Erdman was born in Honolulu. Erdman's father, John Piney ...

– American dancer and choreographer of modern dance. In 1990, she became the founding president of the

Joseph Campbell Foundation The Joseph Campbell Foundation is a US not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserve, protect and perpetuate the work of influential American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). It fosters academic and popular discussion in the fields o ...

, dedicated to the work of her late husband

Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the ...

. * Johann August Ernesti – theologian *

Ebenezer Erskine Ebenezer Erskine (22 June 1680 – 2 June 1754) was a Scotland, Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the First Secession, Secession Church (formed by dissenters from the Church of Scotland). Early life Ebenezer's father, ...

– celebrated divine, and founder of the

secession church The First Secession was an exodus of ministers and members from the Church of Scotland in 1733. Those who took part formed the Associate Presbytery and later the United Secession Church. They were often referred to as seceders. The underlying ...

in Scotland, and his brother a fellow Presbyterian clergyman Ralph Erskine were both sons of the Rev. Henry Erskine. *

Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler ( , ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in ma ...

– mathematician and strongly religious. His mother also had a pastor for a father. * Sir Robert Falconer – Canadian academic and 5th President of the University of Toronto. *

Gustav Fechner Gustav Theodor Fechner (; ; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspired ...

– experimental psychologist who wrote on religion or metaphysics. * Reginald Fessenden – Canadian-born inventor is best known for his pioneering work developing radio technology. * Nathan Field – British playwright and actor. * Mark Few – head basketball coach at Gonzaga University; married by his father. *

Antony Flew Antony Garrard Newton Flew (; 11 February 1923 – 8 April 2010) was a British philosopher. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, Flew worked on the philosophy of religion. During the course of his career he taught at ...

– noted atheist philosopher and scholar turned deist, son of

Robert Newton Flew Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962) was an English Methodist minister and theologian, and an advocate of ecumenism among the Christian churches. Family and education Robert Newton Flew was born at Holsworthy, Devon, on 25 May 1886, the older son of J ...

. *

– English Methodist minister and theologian, and an advocate of ecumenism. *

Caleb Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew Followill. The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and ga ...

Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew Followill. The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and ga ...

and

Nathan Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew Followill. The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and gar ...

– brothers and members of the band Kings of Leon. Sons of Ivan Leon Followill, a Pentecostal evangelist minister, who traveled around the American South. *

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...

– "The Queen of Soul" and daughter of a Baptist minister. * James Oliphant Fraser – businessman and political figure in Newfoundland, one of ten sons and a daughter born to the first Presbyterian minister on the island. *

Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser (14 November 1848 – 26 February 1919) was a British officer of the Indian Civil Service and the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal between 1903 and 1908. Early life and education Born in Bombay on 14 Novembe ...

, British officer in colonial India, son of a Protestant minister, Alexander Garden Fraser (1814–1904). *

Rob Frazier Rob Frazier (born October 31, 1953) is an American Christian artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker. Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. Like his three siblings, his ...

– contemporary Christian music artist. *

Seth Gaaikema Seth Gaaikema (11 July 1939 – 21 October 2014) was a Dutch cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist. Gaaikema was born in Uithuizen, Netherlands, as the son of a Mennonite minister. After studying Dutch and founding the student cabaret at the Unive ...

– Dutch comedian. * Israel Gaither – father was a Baptist preacher, he is currently the first

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

to lead the

Salvation Army Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...

Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...

– writer, father was a Unitarian minister. *

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

– his father and killer was minister Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr. "God is Love", from the album What's Going On, directly relates to Christianity. *

Franklin Graham William Franklin Graham III (born July 14, 1952) is an American evangelist and missionary. He frequently engages in Christian revival tours and political commentary. He is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and ...

and

Anne Graham Lotz Anne McCue Graham Lotz (born May 21, 1948) is an American Protestant evangelist. She is the second daughter of evangelist Billy Graham and his wife Ruth Graham. She founded AnGeL Ministries, and is the author of 11 books, of which her best know ...

– evangelists and authors and children of American evangelist Billy Graham. * Alfred Perceval Graves – son of the bishop of Limerick who did ''A Celtic Psaltery.'' *

Sir Wilfred Grenfell Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics. Early life and education He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 Febr ...

– medical missionary in coastal area of Newfoundland and Labrador. * Kimberly Hahn – convert to Catholicism. * Arsenio Hall – son of Baptist minister. *

Camilla Hall Camilla Christine Hall (March 24, 1945 – May 17, 1974) was an American artist, college-trained former social worker, and a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). She is best known for her membership in the SLA, a very small radical gro ...

– early member of the Symbionese Liberation Army killed in a shootout with police. *

John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the ...

– American Revolutionary leader, was son of Rev. Col. John Hancock Jr. and grandson of

John Hancock Sr. Rev. Col. John Hancock Sr. (March 1, 1671New England Historic Genealogical Society (1877) ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,'' p. 330. Heritage Books, December 6, 1752Green, Samuel Abbott (1899). ''Groton historical series: A ...

, who were both clergymen. *

W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musici ...

–his father and grandfather were pastors or ministers and it had an effect on his music. * Neil Hannon – son of Brian Hannon, a

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

clergyman who was

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and C ...

from 1986 to 2001. *

Ryan Hansen Ryan Hansen is an American actor, entrepreneur and comedian. He is best known for starring as Dick Casablancas on the noir drama series ''Veronica Mars'' (2004–2019), as Kyle Bradway on the Starz comedy series ''Party Down'' (2009–2010), and ...

– says

Christian Youth Theater Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is an American after-school theater arts education program for children ages 4–18. It offers classes in drama, dance, and singing and performs 3-9 productions a year, in a collection of branches around the country. ...

is an important part of his life as is being a pastor's son. * Nolan Bailey Harmon – Methodist bishop. * Charles Hartshorne – philosopher of religion. *

Thomas Hastings Thomas Hastings may refer to: *Thomas Hastings (colonist) (1605–1685), English immigrant to New England *Thomas Hastings (composer) (1784–1872), American composer, primarily of hymn tunes *Thomas Hastings (cricketer) (1865–1938), Australian cr ...

– American architect, son of a Presbyterian minister *

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on N ...

– jazz musician. *

Lee Hays Lee Elhardt Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folksinger and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in soci ...

– American folk-singer and songwriter, with The Weavers. Son of William Hays, a Methodist minister, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in society. *

Anne Heche Anne Celeste Heche ( ; May 25, 1969August 11, 2022) was an American actress, known for her roles in a variety of genres in film, television, and theater, receiving numerous accolades, including a National Board of Review Award and multiple Emmy ...

– American actress. Father was a Baptist minister and church organist. *

Chris Hedges Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and commentator. In his early career, Hedges worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for ''The Christian Science Mon ...

–

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

–winning journalist with a

Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...

from Harvard Divinity School. He wrote '' American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America''. Father was a Presbyterian minister and anti-war activist. *

Matthew Henry Matthew Henry (18 October 166222 June 1714) was a Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist minister and author, who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary ''Exposition ...

– author of commentaries on the Old and New Testaments *

Archibald Alexander Hodge Archibald Alexander Hodge (July 18, 1823 – November 12, 1886), an American Presbyterian leader, was the principal of Princeton Seminary between 1878 and 1886. Biography He was born on July 18, 1823 to Sarah and Charles Hodge in Princeton, ...

– Presbyterian theologian and son of

Charles Hodge Charles Hodge (December 27, 1797 – June 19, 1878) was a Reformed Presbyterian theologian and principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He was a leading exponent of the Princeton Theology, an orthodox Calvinist theol ...

Isabella Beecher Hooker Isabella Beecher Hooker (February 22, 1822 – January 25, 1907) was a leader, lecturer and social activist in the American suffragist movement. Early life Isabella Holmes Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the fifth child and secon ...

– daughter of Lyman Beecher who became associated to Victoria Woodhull's movement. * Joel Houston – son of Brian Houston, Pastor of

Hillsong Church Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a global Evangelical charismatic movement, charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia. The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New ...

. Well known CCM singer and songwriter in the band Hillsong United * Tom Ellis - Welsh actor, he is known for playing

Lucifer Morningstar Lucifer Morningstar (also known as Samael before his banishment from heaven) is a fictional character and titular protagonist of the urban fantasy comedy-drama television series ''Lucifer''. The character is portrayed by Welsh actor Tom Ellis a ...

. His father, uncle, and one of his sisters are all Baptist ministers. *

Tim Hughes Timothy David Llewelyn Hughes (born 23 July 1977) is a British worship leader, singer, songwriter, and Anglican priest. Formerly the director of worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, a large Anglican church in central London, he has since been o ...

– Christian music artist. * Anne Hutchinson – born Anne Marbury (1591–1643), Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Free Grace Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. *

Bill Hwang Sung Kook Hwang (Korean: 황성국), also known as Bill Hwang, is a Korean-born American investor and trader. In April 2021, ''The Wall Street Journal'' reported that Hwang lost US$20billion over 10 days in late March, imposing large losses on ...

- Co-founder of the Grace and Mercy Foundation, a charitable organization with more than US$500 million (2018) in assets. An investor, Hwang lost US$20 billion over the course of ten days in late March 2021. *

William Arthur Irwin William Arthur Irwin, OC, often credited as W. Arthur Irwin (May 27, 1898 – August 9, 1999), was a Canadian journalist and diplomat. He is best known for his work on ''Maclean's'', a magazine with which he held various positions across a qua ...

– distinguished Canadian journalist and diplomat, known as the man who made

Maclean's ''Maclean's'', founded in 1905, is a Canadian news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events. Its founder, publisher John Bayne Maclean, established the magazine to provide a uniquely Canadian perspe ...

, truly "Canada's National Magazine." * S. Clifton Ives – bishop, son of a pastor. *

Daniel Ernst Jablonski Daniel Ernst Jablonski (20 November 1660, Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Crown of Poland25 May 1741, Berlin) was a German theologian and reformer of Czech origin, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calv ...

– son of a Moravian Church minister who tried to unite Lutherans and Calvinists. *

Brandon T. Jackson Brandon Timothy Jackson (born March 7, 1984) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for his roles in the films '' Roll Bounce'' (2005), ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' (2010), '' ...

– American stand-up comedian, actor, and comedian. Both parents are ministers. *

Jesse Jackson, Jr. Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential can ...

Phil Jackson Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning NBA championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and ...

– former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

player and coach; both parents were

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

ministers. His older brother Chuck speculated years later that Phil threw himself passionately into sports because it was the only time that their very strict parents allowed Phil and his brothers to do what other children were doing. * Julian Jaynes – American psychologist, best known for his book

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind ''The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind'' is a 1976 book by the Princeton psychologist, psychohistorian and consciousness theorist Julian Jaynes (1920-1997). The book addresses the problematic nature of consciousness ...

(1976), in which he developed the idea of auditory hallucinations as one of the earliest forms of religious experience. *

Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...

– Haitian-born rapper, musician and actor, who remains active in Haitian issues. Son of a Nazarene pastor. *

Kevin Jennings Kevin Brett Jennings (born May 8, 1963) is an American educator, author, and administrator. He was the assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education from July 6, 2009 – June 2011. Je ...

– American educator, author, and administrator who started the nations' first gay-straight alliance together with a female student and published six books on gay rights and education. * Leonard Jenyns – British

parson-naturalist A parson-naturalist was a cleric (a "parson", strictly defined as a country priest who held the living of a parish, but the term is generally extended to other clergy), who often saw the study of natural science as an extension of his religious wor ...

was a son of

George Leonard Jenyns George Leonard Jenyns (19 June 1763 – 1848) was an English priest, a landowner involved both in the Bedford Level Corporation and in the Board of Agriculture. Life He was the son of John Harvey Jenyns of Eye, Suffolk, and was born at Roydon, ...

. *

Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in W ...

– pop-rock boy band members, sons of a former Assembly of God minister. * Freek de Jonge – Dutch comedian *

Bob Jones, Jr. Robert Reynolds Jones Jr. (October 19, 1911 – November 12, 1997) was the second president and chancellor of Bob Jones University. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Jones was the son of Bob Jones Sr., the university's founder. He served as president fr ...

Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...

– psychiatrist, influential thinker and founder of

analytical psychology Analytical psychology ( de , Analytische Psychologie, sometimes translated as analytic psychology and referred to as Jungian analysis) is a term coined by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, to describe research into his new "empirical science" ...

was the son of pastor in the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. *

k-os Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972), better known by his stage name k-os (; "chaos"), is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted. The alias "k ...

– Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. His father was a minister at two congregations in the Greater Toronto Area. * Kenneth Kaunda – first President of Zambia. * Kelis – American musical artist. Father is a Pentecostal minister. * Leontine T. C. Kelly – retired Methodist bishop who won a

Thomas Merton Award The Thomas Merton Award has been awarded since 1972 by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice in Pittsburgh, United States. It is named after Thomas Merton and is given annually to "national and international individuals struggling ...

and was inducted into the

National Women's Hall of Fame The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution incorporated in 1969 by a group of men and women in Seneca Falls, New York, although it did not induct its first enshrinees until 1973. As of 2021, it had 303 inductees. Induc ...

. Daughter, sister, widow, mother, and mother-in-law of Methodist ministers. * Sam Kinison – comedian/Actor (musician?), son of a Pentecostal Preacher *

Bernice King Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father was assassinated. In her adolesc ...

Dexter Scott King Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is an American Civil rights movement, civil rights activist and the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. King is also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Ber ...

* Martin Luther King Jr. * Martin Luther King III * Yolanda King * Ronald Knox – Author, son of Bishop of Manchester * Kyle Korver – American NBA player; father a Reformed Church pastor. *

Walter Russell Lambuth Walter Russell Lambuth (November 10, 1854 – September 26, 1921) was a Chinese-born American Christian bishop who worked as a missionary establishing schools and hospitals in China, Korea and Japan in the 1880s. Birth and family Born in Shangha ...

– missionary and child of missionaries. *

Archibald Lampman Archibald Lampman (17 November 1861 – 10 February 1899) was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets." ''The Canadian Encyclope ...

– considered the finest of Canada's late 19th-century poets in English. *

Lemmy Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was an English musician. He was the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he wa ...

– English rock musician and founder of the band

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...

. His father was a Royal Air Force chaplain. * Julius Lester – convert to Judaism. *

Row Lewis Row Lewis is a Grenadian activist, teacher, life coach, vocalist, and liberation theologian. She is the founder of Liberty Fellowship Center, a non-profit ministry, where she serves as the Executive Director and Spiritual Advisor. Biography ...

– activist, daughter of a Pentecostal Pastor. *

Eric Liddell Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when p ...

– athlete and missionary. *

Henry Liddell Henry George Liddell (; 6 February 1811– 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after h ...

– British scholar and reverend. *

Paper Lions Paper Lions (formerly the Chucky Danger Band) is a Canadian indie rock band, formed and based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They have toured around Canada, and have released several albums, including 2016's ''Full Colour''. History In ...

Canadian indie rock band includes brothers John and Rob MacPhee, sons of Rev. Roger MacPhee, a Presbyterian minister. *

John D. MacArthur John Donald MacArthur (March 6, 1897 – January 6, 1978) was an American insurance magnate, real estate investor and philanthropist who established the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, benefactor in the MacArthur Fellowships. ...

– American businessman and philanthropist, son of a Baptist preacher. * Clarence Mackinnon – Canadian minister and academic who embraced

Darwinism Darwinism is a scientific theory, theory of Biology, biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of smal ...

and played key role in the formation of the

United Church of Canada The United Church of Canada (french: link=no, Église unie du Canada) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholi ...

in 1925. *

Norman Maclean Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902August 2, 1990) was a Scottish-American professor at the University of Chicago who became, following his retirement, a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his collection of no ...

– American academic and author of A River Runs Through It. * Preston Manning – Canadian Reform politician, son of Ernest Manning who was premier of Alberta and concurrent with his political career was an evangelist on radio with "Back to the Bible Hour." * John Ross Matheson – Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who played key role in establishing national symbols like the

Canadian flag The national flag of Canada (french: le Drapeau national du Canada), often simply referred to as the Canadian flag or, unofficially, as the Maple Leaf or ' (; ), consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of , in ...

and the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...

. *

Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angel ...

– former manager of the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. Son of a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

preacher who committed suicide just before Charlie graduated from high school, which led him to abandon a possible

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

career in favor of professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

. * Roots Manuva – British rapper. * Andrew Marvell – poet, wrote poems on metaphysical or spiritual subjects. *

Cotton Mather Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting H ...

– American

Puritan The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic Church, Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become m ...

minister. *

Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cab ...

– British Prime Minister, her father was a vicar. *

Rolf McPherson Dr. Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson (March 23, 1913 – May 21, 2009) was the pastor of Angelus Temple and president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, serving in that capacity from 1944 to 1988. By his retirement, the ev ...

– his mother was

Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian Pentecostalism, Pentecostal Evangelism, evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s,Ob ...

. *

George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 pres ...

– American historian and Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election. Besuch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel im Rathaus Köln-09916

* Angela Merkel –

Chancellor of Germany The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the Ge ...

, chairwoman of the

Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right ...

, and a Lutheran pastor's daughter. * W. S. Merwin – American poet, credited with over fifty books. Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Son of a Presbyterian minister. * Kelly Minter – Christian singer-songwriter and author. * Charles Bayard Mitchell –

* Leona Mitchell – American operatic soprano is the daughter of Rev. Dr. Hulon Mitchell. *

Ernest John Moeran } Ernest John Smeed Moeran (31 December 1894 – 1 December 1950) was an English composer of part-Irish extraction, whose work was strongly influenced by English and Irish folk music of which he was an assiduous collector. His output includes or ...

– English composer, some church music. *

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...

– German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature *

Adolphe Monod Adolphe-Louis-Frédéric-Théodore Monod (21 January 1802 – 6 April 1856) was a French Protestant churchman. His elder brother was Frédéric Monod. He was born in Copenhagen, where his father, Jean Monod (Sept. 5, 1765 – April 23, 1836; himse ...

– pastor himself. *

Théodore Monod Théodore André Monod (9 April 1902 – 22 November 2000) was a French naturalist, humanist, scholar and explorer. Exploration Early in his career, Monod was made professor at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' and founded the '' Inst ...

– French naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar. *

Bernard Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and t ...

- British Field Marshal, son of an Anglican bishop. * Steve Morse – American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs, and guitarist for

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...

since 1994. *

Marcus Mumford Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the band folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with the group ...

– American-born singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead singer of the British folk band Mumford & Sons. Parents until 2015 were leaders within the

Vineyard Movement The Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is a neocharismatic evangelical Christian denomination.Despite the fact that some might see denominational labels as divisive, the founder of the movement John Wimber sai ...

in the U.K. *

Reinhold Neibuhr Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America ...

and H. Richard Niebuhr – Neo-orthodox American Protestant theologians. Sons of a minister in the Evangelical Synod of North America, now the United Church of Christ. *

Horatio Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...

– British admiral, son of Norfolk vicar Nietzsche187a

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

– Noted critic of Christianity who wrote

The Antichrist (book) ''The Antichrist'' (german: link=no, Der Antichrist) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz delay its publication, ...

. *

Smokie Norful Rev. W.R. "Smokie" Norful, Jr. is an American gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be d ...

– minister and gospel singer. *

Robert Noyce Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He is also credited wit ...

– co-founded

Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of int ...

in 1957 and

Intel Corporation Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 series ...

in 1968.Berlin, p. 9 *

John Louis Nuelsen John Louis Nuelsen (January 19, 1867 – 1946) was a German-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church, elected in 1908. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist pastor, as a college and seminary professo ...

– Methodist bishop. *

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...

- actor, son of an Anglican priest. * Joel Osteen – American author, and televangelist who reaches 7 million viewers weekly is son of televangelist

John Osteen John Hillery Osteen (August 21, 1921 – January 23, 1999) was an American pastor and founding pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, from its beginnings in 1959 until his death in 1999. His television program, ''John Osteen,'' ran for 16 ...

. * Gregory Vaughn Palmer –

United Methodist The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelic ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

. *

Katherine Paterson Katherine Womelsdorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932) is an American writer best known for children's novels, including '' Bridge to Terabithia''. For four different books published 1975-1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Aw ...

– children's author, writer of '' Bridge to Terabithia'' * Paige Patterson – conservative Southern Baptist reformer. * Sandi Patty – contemporary Christian music artist. Her father was a minister of music. * Aaron Paul – actor, son of a

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

minister. *

Donny Pauling Donny Pauling (born ) is a former Sex industry#Pornography, pornographic film producer who later worked as an Opposition to pornography, anti-porn activist, Christianity, Christian speaker, and Internet advertiser. His views were shaped by his tim ...

– American former porn producer, now a Christian speaking publicly about what goes on behind the scenes. His father was a Pentecostal Church of God minister and currently a pastor of the Assembly of God church. *

Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian scholar, statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of ...

– Canadian Prime Minister, received the

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

in 1957. He is considered the father of the modern concept of

peacekeeping Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare. Within the United N ...

. * Jaroslav Pelikan – Lutheran religious historian who converted to Russian Orthodoxy later in life. *

Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on modern pop music and her Camp (style), campy style, she has been ...

– American pop singer-songwriter, daughter of two pastors. *

Nathan Phelps Nathan Phelps (born November 22, 1958) is an American-born Canadian author, LGBT rights activist, and public speaker on the topics of religion and child abuse. He is the sixth-born of the 13 children of Fred Phelps, from whom he – along with ...

– Canadian author, speaker on religion and child abuse, and an

LGBT ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is a ...

advocate is the son of anti-gay American pastor Fred Phelps, who gained infamy though his picketing of military funerals and gay pride gatherings. * Helen Phillips – most known for opera, but also did interpretations of "Negro spirituals." * Matthew Pinsent - Olympic rower, son of an Anglican priest. * John Piper – American

Reformed Baptist Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith ...

preacher and author of 54 books. He coined the term

Christian hedonism Christian hedonism is a Christian doctrine believed by some evangelicals. The term was coined by Baptist pastor John Piper in his 1986 book ''Desiring God'' based on Vernard Eller's earlier use of the term ''hedonism'' to describe the same concept ...

in his 1986 book ''Desiring God''. * Chonda Pierce – American entertainer and founder of Preacher's Kids International. *

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– daughters of Church of God minister. *

Clark V. Poling Clark Vandersall Poling (August 7, 1910 – February 3, 1943) was a minister in the Reformed Church in America and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during th ...

– Reformed Church minister of the Four Chaplains, His father was an Evangelical turned Baptist minister. * Henrik Pontoppidan – a Danish realist writer and Nobel Prize Laureate in 1917 and his brother

Knud Pontoppidan Knud Børge Pontoppidan (10 July 1853–21 October 1916) was a Danish psychiatrist and coroner. The brother of writer and Nobel Prize Laureate Henrik Pontoppidan, Pontoppidan was educated at the University of Copenhagen, obtaining his doctora ...

a Danish psychiatrist and doctor were sons of a vicar and belonged to an old family of vicars and writers that had included the famous pietistic priest Erik Pontoppidan. *

Henry Codman Potter Henry Codman Potter (May 25, 1834 – July 21, 1908) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Potter was "more praised and appreciated, perhaps, than any public man ...

– bishop and son of a bishop. *

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...

– track-and-field sprinter. Both his parents are pastors and he plays for a church band. *

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

– pastor and politician. *

E. J. Pratt Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."

– "The leading Canadian poet of his time." The son of a Methodist minister who himself studied for the Ministry before pursuing an academic career. * Katharine Purvis – she wrote "When the saints are Marching in", originally a Christian hymn. *

Emmanuel Charles Quist Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist, also known as Paa Quist (21 May 1880, in Christiansborg, Accra – 30 March 1959) was a barrister, educator and judge who served as the first Speaker of the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly and the first Speaker of th ...

– barrister and judge, son of Basel Mission pastor, Carl Quist *

Bernice Johnson Reagon Bernice Johnson Reagon (born Bernice Johnson on October 4, 1942) is a song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist, who in the early 1960s was a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Freedom Singers in t ...

– founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock. *

Onésime Reclus Onésime Reclus (22 September 1837 – 30 June 1916) was a French geographer who specialized in the relations between France and its colonies. In 1880 he coined the term "Francophonie" as a means of classification of peoples of the world, being ...

– French geographer. Father minister in the French Reformed Church. * Elisée Reclus – French geographer, writer and anarchist. Father minister in the French Reformed Church * Erik Reece – American writer, the author of two books of nonfiction and writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where he teaches environmental journalism, writing, and literature. Son and grandson of a Baptist minister. *

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Br ...

– British born, was prominent in 19th century South African and Rhodesian politics. *

Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th Uni ...

– United States' 66th Secretary of State, daughter of a Presbyterian minister. *

Matthew Henry Richey Matthew Henry Richey (June 10, 1828 – February 21, 1911) was a Canadian politician in the 19th century. Richey was the son of Matthew Richey, Methodist minister from Nova Scotia. The family was of Ulster-Scottish ancestry, his father ha ...

– Canadian politician, was son of Methodist minister Matthew Richey. *

Bernhard Riemann Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (; 17 September 1826 – 20 July 1866) was a German mathematician who made contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first rig ...

– mathematician whose father was a Lutheran pastor, Bernhard also studied theology. *

Clement Daniel Rockey Clement Daniel Rockey (4 September 1889 – 15 August 1975) was a bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1941. Biography He was born in Cawnpore, India, a son of the Noble Lee Rockey, an American missionary pioneer in India. Clement entere ...

– Methodist bishop. * Sir Charles G. D. Roberts – Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. * Olaus Rudbeck – son of bishop

Johannes Rudbeckius Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius or ''Johannes Rudbeck'' (April 3, 1581–August 8, 1646), was bishop at Västerås, Sweden from 1619 until his death and personal chaplain to King Gustavus II Adolphus. Biography Johannes Rudbeck was born in Ormesta, ...

. * John Scott Russell – Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern his research gave birth to the modern study of solitons. *

James Runcie James Robert Runcie (born 7 May 1959) is a British novelist, documentary filmmaker, television producer and playwright. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at Bath Spa University and was Commissioning Edi ...

– son of Robert Runcie who was Archbishop of Canterbury. British author, whose book series

The Grantchester Mysteries ''The Grantchester Mysteries'' is a series of cosy mystery crime fiction books of short stories by the British author James Runcie, beginning during the 1950s in Grantchester, a village near Cambridge in England. The books feature the clergyman ...

became adapted for TV as Grantchester with a leading figure of a Anglican clergyman turned amateur detective. *

John A. Sanford John A. "Jack" Sanford (26 July 1929 – 17 October 2005) was an American Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest. Early life John A. Sanford was born in Moorestown, New Jersey, a township in Burlington County. His parents were both leaders in the ...

– American Jungian analyst, writer and Episcopal priest. His father, grandfather, and two great-grandfathers were all Episcopal priests. *

Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers (; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between th ...

– British crime novelist, playwright, translator and Christian apologist, daughter of Anglican priest *

Frank Schaeffer Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internation ...

– American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. Son of the late theologian, minister and author

Francis Schaeffer Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, , a prolific author ...

. * Gustav Adolf Scheel – member of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...

who studied theology. *

Heinrich Schliemann Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeologi ...

– his minister father was an early influence on his becoming an archaeologist. *

Robert A. Schuller Robert Anthony Schuller (born October 7, 1954) is an American author, televangelist and pastor. He is the only son of Crystal Cathedral founders Robert H. Schuller and Arvella Schuller. He was formerly a minister on the ''Hour of Power'' weekly ...

– American televangelist, and author – son of Crystal Cathedral founder

. * Albert Schweitzer – Nobel peace prize in 1952, French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. Father was a Lutheran minister. *

Alexander John Scott The Reverend Doctor Alexander John Scott (1768–1840) was an Anglican chaplain who served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He served as Horatio Nelson's personal chaplain at the Battle of Trafalgar, an ...

– Scottish dissident theologian, who became the first principal of Owens College. * Duncan Campbell Scott – Canadian poet, prose writer and prominent civil servant. *

F. R. Scott Francis Reginald Scott (1899–1985), commonly known as Frank Scott or F. R. Scott, was a lawyer, Canadian poet, intellectual, and constitutional scholar. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwe ...

– Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. Son of an Anglican priest, he helped found the first Canadian social democratic party. *

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...

– architect whose designs include churches. * Rhoda Scott – jazz musician who became interested in music at her father's church. * Elias Simojoki – Finnish Fascist clergyman. * Nina Simone – her mother was a Methodist minister and as a girl she played at her church. * Ashlee Simpson – father was a Baptist minister. *

Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, aged seventeen. Her debut studio album, '' Swe ...

– father was a Baptist minister. *

Huston Smith Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was an influential scholar of religious studies in the United States, He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, ' ...

– American author and religious studies scholar; he was born to missionaries in China. * Jon Snow - journalist and broadcaster, son of an Anglican bishop. * Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer – bishop. * R. C. Sproul, Jr. – son of Presbyterian theologian R. C. Sproul * Darcey Steinke – American novelist and essayist and daughter of a Lutheran minister and direct descendant on her mother's side of William Miller, a 19th-century preacher credited as the founder of the Millerites, the forerunner of the

Seventh-day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventism, Adventist Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the Names of the days of the week#Numbered days of the week, seventh day of the ...

. *

Paul Steinitz Paul Steinitz OBE (25 August 190 – 21 April 1988) was an English post-war organist, best known as an interpreter of Johann Sebastian Bach's music. He founded the London Bach Society and Steinitz Bach Players, performing among other signif ...

– served as a church organist and as a conductor performed St.Matthew Passion. *

Jerome A. Stone Jerome A. Stone is an American author, philosopher, and theologian. He is best known for helping to develop the religious movement of Religious Naturalism. Stone is on the Adjunct Faculty of Meadville Lombard Theological School; is Emeritus Profe ...

– helped develop the religious movement of Religious Naturalism *

Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the harsh ...

– daughter of Lyman Beecher, and wife of a minister, she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like their father the family became leaders in social change. Her 12 siblings included Henry Ward Beecher,

Charles Beecher Charles Beecher (October 1, 1815 – April 21, 1900) was an American minister, composer of religious hymns and a prolific author. Early life Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the fifth child of Lyman Beecher, an abolitionist Congr ...

Edward Beecher Edward Beecher D.D. (August 27, 1803 – July 28, 1895) was an American theologian, the son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher. Biography Beecher was born August 27, 1803, in East Hampton (town), New ...

Catharine Beecher Catharine Esther Beecher (September 6, 1800 – May 12, 1878) was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's ...

and Thomas K. Beecher. *

Ted Strehlow Theodor George Henry Strehlow (6 June 1908 – 3 October 1978) was an Australian anthropologist and linguist. He notably studied the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) Aboriginal Australians and their language in Central Australia. Life Early life ...

– anthropologist son of pastor/missionary

Carl Strehlow Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (23 December 1871 – 20 October 1922) was an anthropologist, linguist and genealogist who served on two Lutheran missions in remote parts of Australia from May 1892 to October 1922. He was at Killalpaninna Missio ...

. * John Sulston – British biologist. he was awarded

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accord ...

in 2002. He was son of an Anglican priest and administrator of the

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) is a United Kingdom-based charitable organization (registered charity no. 234518). It was first incorporated under Royal Charter in 1701 as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Part ...

. * Emanuel Swedenborg – father was Jesper Swedberg, priest who became the bishop of Skara. * Prince Albert Taylor Jr – Bishop. * Ryan Tedder – American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist for pop rock band

OneRepublic OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2002. It consists of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Tedder, lead guitarist and violist Zach Filkins, rhythm guitarist Drew Brown, bassist and cellis ...

. * William Temple (archbishop) –

and son of a previous Archbishop of Canterbury. * David Tennant – Son of Reverend Alexander "Sandy" McDonald, a

minister. *

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

– English poet laureate, son of Anglican rector. *

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her Gospel music, gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spir ...

– Gospel singer whose mother was an evangelist. Margaret Thatcher stock portrait (cropped)

Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...

– first woman

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern pr ...

; her father,

Alfred Roberts Alfred Roberts (18 April 1892 – 10 February 1970) was an English grocer, preacher, and local politician. He served as alderman of Grantham from 1943 to 1952 and mayor of Grantham from 1945 to 1946. His second daughter, Margaret, was the f ...

was a local Methodist lay preacher. * David Thomas – Canadian comedian and actor, son of

John E. Thomas John Edward Thomas (9 April 1926 – 14 October 1996) was a British-born Canadian philosopher and pioneer of medical ethics in Canada. Biography Early life and education Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1926, John Thomas moved to Birmingh ...

, a pastor and later a professor of philosophy. * Ian Thomas – Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and author and younger brother to famed comedian and actor

Dave Thomas Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * Dave (film), ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * Dave (musical), ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital ...

. * Norman Thomas – Socialist, ordained in Presbyterianism as had his father. *

Dorothy Thompson Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators on radio ...

– American journalist and radio broadcaster, in 1939 recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt. *

Paul Tillich Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American Christian existentialist philosopher, religious socialist, and Lutheran Protestant theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologi ...

– German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. * Matthew Tindal – English deist. (Christian deism) *

Tye Tribbett Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for 'Greater ...

– American gospel music singer, songwriter, keyboardist, choir director. *

Sir Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led N ...

– A Canadian

father of Confederation The Fathers of Confederation are the 36 people who attended at least one of the Charlottetown Conference of 1864 (23 attendees), the Quebec Conference of 1864 (33 attendees), and the London Conference of 1866 (16 attendees), preceding Canadian ...

, premier of Nova Scotia and prime minister of Canada. *

James Tytler James Tytler (17 December 1745 – 11 January 1804) was a Scottish apothecary and the editor of the second edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Tytler became the first person in Britain to fly by ascending in a hot air balloon (1784). A grou ...

– Scottish apothecary and the editor of the second edition of

Encyclopædia Britannica The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various time ...

. Tytler became the first person in Britain to steer a hot air balloon. *

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

– Missionary himself before becoming an artist. A pioneer of what came to be known as

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

. *

Jim Wacker James Herbert Wacker (April 28, 1937 – August 26, 2003) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University (1971–1975), North Dakota State University (1976–1 ...

– Son of a Lutheran minister who coached at

Texas Lutheran University Texas Lutheran University (TLU) is a Private university, private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America university in Seguin, Texas. History The university traces its roots back to 1891, to an academy of the first German Evangelical Lutheran S ...

. *

Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all f ...

- tennis player, daughter of an Anglicam priest. * Ernest Walton – Irish physicist and

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. *

C. F. W. Walther Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (October 25, 1811 – May 7, 1887) was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that ...

– First President of the

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. * Rick Warren – Evangelical pastor and best-selling author, son of a Baptist minister. *

Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington ha ...

– actor, son of a Pentecostal preacher. *

John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...

, Charles Wesley – Founders of

Methodism Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's br ...

and Anglican priests were sons of Samuel Wesley, an Anglican priest. * Cornel West – American philosopher, academic, activist, author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the

Democratic Socialists of America The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a Left-wing politics, left-wing Democratic Socialists of America#Tendencies within the DSA, multi-tendency Socialism, socialist and Labour movement, labor-oriented political organization. Its roots ...

. He was the first African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D. in philosophy. * Tim Westwood – English DJ and presenter of radio and television, son of

Bill Westwood William John Westwood (28 December 1925 – 15 September 1999) was the 36th Anglican Bishop of Peterborough. Life Born at Saul, Gloucestershire, Westwood was educated at Grove Park Grammar School, Wrexham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Aft ...

, former Bishop of Peterborough. *

Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette (12 January 1780 – 16 June 1849) was a German theology, theologian and Biblical Studies, biblical scholar. Life and education Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette was born 12 January 1780 in Ulla (now part of the mu ...

– theologian and exegete. *

Portia White Portia May White (June 24, 1911February 13, 1968) was a Canadian contralto, known for becoming the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame. Growing up as part of her father's church choir in Halifax, Nova Scotia, White ...

– one of the great contraltos in the history of Canadian music was a daughter of Izie Dora and Rev. William Andrew White. *

Alfred North Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found applicat ...

– English mathematician and philosopher; his Philosophy of Organism gave rise to

process theology Process theology is a type of theology developed from Alfred North Whitehead's (1861–1947) process philosophy, most notably by Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000), John B. Cobb (b. 1925) and Eugene H. Peters (1929-1983). Process theology and pr ...

in which God, as source of the universe, is viewed as growing and changing. *

J. H. C. Whitehead John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, ...

– British mathematician and one of the founders of

homotopy theory In mathematics, homotopy theory is a systematic study of situations in which maps can come with homotopies between them. It originated as a topic in algebraic topology but nowadays is studied as an independent discipline. Besides algebraic topolog ...

. *

Edmund Russell Willson Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

– American architect. His father was a minister. *

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

– 28th President of the United States. His father was a Presbyterian minister. *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

– Composer, son of Anglican clergyman. * Joy Williams – American singer-songwriter. *

Sir Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches ...

– one of the greatest English architects of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

. * Lizz Wright – contemporary jazz/ R&B musician who describes herself as having a gospel music influence. * Wright brothers – sons of

Milton Wright (Bishop) Milton Wright (November 17, 1828 – April 3, 1917) was the father of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, and a bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Family Milton Wright was the son of Dan Wright and Catherine W ...

. * Malcolm X – convert to Islam whose father is described as "an outspoken Baptist minister." * Yahweh ben Yahweh – imprisoned founder of the Nation of Yahweh. *

William P. Young William Paul Young (born May 11, 1955), referred to as Wm. Paul Young or simply Paul Young, is a Canadian author. He wrote the novels '' The Shack'', '' Cross Roads'', ''Eve'', and the religious book ''Lies We Believe About God''. Early life Y ...

– author of best-selling novel The Shack, child of Canadian missionaries who worked in

Dutch New Guinea Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea ( nl, Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, id, Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdo ...

Islam (children of Imams, Shaykhs, or Ayatollahs)

Abdul-Majid al-Khoei Sayyid Abd al-Majid al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ; 16 August 1962 – 10 April 2003) was a Shia cleric and the son of grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. Life al-Khoei was born in Najaf. He lived and studied under his father in Najaf until 1991. ...

* Shareef Abdur-Rahim – basketball player and son of an imam. *

Amadu II of Masina Amadu II of Massina (أحمد بن أحمد حمادي; ff, Amadu Amadu Hammadi; c. 1815 – February 1853), also called Amadu Seku, was the second Almami, or ruler, of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi or Diina of Hamdullahi in what is ...

– political leader and son of an Imam. * Ahmadu Tall – son of

El Hadj Umar Tall Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (Umar ibn Sa'id al-Futi Tal, ar, حاج عمر بن سعيد طعل), ( – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, Tijani Sufi and Toucouleur ...

Jewish

Lionel Abel Lionel Abel (28 November 1910- 19 April 2001, in Manhattan, New York)Reisman, Rosemary M. Canfield. "Lionel Abel." ''Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia'' (2013): ''Research Starters''. Web. 11 July 2014. was an eminent Jewish American playwrig ...

and Raziel Abelson, both sons of Rabbi Alter Abelson. *

Felix Adler (professor) Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. ...

, son of rabbi Samuel Adler * Yaacov Agam – Israeli sculptor. *

Boris Aronson Boris Aronson (October 15, 1898 – November 16, 1980) was an American scenic designer for Broadway and Yiddish theatre. He won the Tony Award for Scenic Design six times in his career. Biography The son of a Rabbi, Aronson was born in Kiev, ...

* Leo Baeck – German rabbi, scholar, and theologian *

Devorah Baron Devorah Baron (also spelled Dvora Baron and Deborah Baron) (27 November 1887 20 August 1956) was a pioneering Jewish writer, noted for writing in Modern Hebrew and for making a career as a Hebrew author. She has been called the "first Modern Heb ...

– writer. * Samuel ben Meïr (RaSHBaM), Isaac ben Meïr (RIVaM), and Jacob ben Meïr (Rabbeinu Tam), all sons of rabbi

Meir ben Samuel Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer.Alfred ...

. * Irving Berlin – Composer and lyricist, considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history was the son of a Jewish cantor. * Michael Chertoff *

Robert Debré Robert Debré (7 December 1882 – 29 April 1978) was a French physician (pediatrician) at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris. The largest pediatric hospital in Paris, l'Hôpital Robert-Debré - located in the North-East part of Paris (19 ...

– French pediatrician. *

Mickey Duff Mickey Duff (7 June 1929 – 22 March 2014), was a Polish-born British boxer, matchmaker, manager and promoter. Early life Duff was born Monek Prager to a Jewish family in Tarnów, Poland on 7 June 1929. His father, a rabbi, helped the family ...

– Polish-born British boxer. *

Émile Durkheim David Émile Durkheim ( or ; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, al ...

– agnostic sociologist and philosopher who descended from a long line of rabbis. *

Abram M. Edelman Abram M. Edelman (1863–1941) was an American architect from Los Angeles, California. Some of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Early life Abram M. Edelman was born on August 19, 1863. His father, Abram Wolf E ...

– American architect. *

Michael Fabricant Michael Louis David Fabricant (born 12 June 1950) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, since 1992. Fabricant was ...

Leon Felhendler Leon Felhendler (Lejb Felhendler) (1 June 1910 – 6 April 1945) was a Polish Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe, resistance fighter known for his role in organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at Sobibor extermination camp together with A ...

– Polish resistance fighter. * Moshe Feinstein – noted rabbi himself. * Michal Friedlander and Noam Friedlander, children of Rabbi

Albert Friedlander Albert Hoschander Friedlander OBE (10 May 1927 – 8 July 2004) was a rabbi and teacher. Early life and education Albert Friedlander was born on 10 May 1927 in Berlin, the son of a textile broker, Alex Friedlander (d. 1956) and Sali Friedlan ...

Israel Gollancz Sir Israel Gollancz, FBA (13 July 1863 – 23 June 1930) was a scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare. He was Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College, London, from 1903 to 1930. Gollancz was born 13 July ...

– scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare. *

Alexander D. Goode Alexander David Goode (May 10, 1911 – February 3, 1943) was a rabbi and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the troop transport during W ...

– rabbi of the Four Chaplains, his father was also a rabbi. * Samuel Gordon (novelist). *

Chaim Herzog Major-General Chaim Herzog ( he, חיים הרצוג; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Irish-born Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and ...

– sixth President of Israel: his father was Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. *

Susannah Heschel Susannah Heschel (born 15 May 1956) is an American scholar and the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. The author and editor of numerous books and articles, she is a Guggenheim Fellow and the recipient of ...

– American scholar, public intellectual, and professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College – the daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel. *

Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (, born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts. His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual master, French magician ...

* Al Jolson – American musician actor. * Meir Kahane – rabbi and politician. * Mordecai Kaplan - American rabbi. * Victor Klemperer *

Sarah Kofman Sarah Kofman (; September 14, 1934 – October 15, 1994) was a French philosopher . Biography Kofman began her teaching career in Toulouse in 1960 at the Lycée Saint-Sernin, and worked with both Jean Hyppolite and Gilles Deleuze. Her abando ...

– French philosopher, daughter of Rabbi

Bereck Kofman Bereck Kofman (10 October 1900 – 1943) was a French Hasidic orthodox rabbi, independent from the consistory, born in Poland, deported and murdered in Auschwitz. Rabbi Bereck Kofman was born in Sobienie-Jeziory, located about 40 kilometers sou ...

. *

Edward H. Levi Edward Hirsch Levi (June 26, 1911 – March 7, 2000) was an American law professor, academic leader, and government lawyer. He served as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1950 to 1962, president of the University of Chicago from ...

–

United States Attorney General The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...

under the Ford administration. * Jay Lovestone – American activist. *

Judith Malina Judith Malina (June 4, 1926 – April 10, 2015) was a German-born American actress, director and writer. With her husband, Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York C ...

Atara Marmor Atara Marmor (Betty-Anne-Atara Marmor, née Feuerwerker; Clairvivre (Salagnac), Dordogne, France, September 3, 1943 – Bet Shemesh, Israel, September 21, 2003) was a French historian and art collector. Biography Atara Marmor was born in Clair ...

– French historian, daughter of

David Feuerwerker David Feuerwerker (October 2, 1912 – June 20, 1980) was a French Jewish rabbi and professor of Jewish history who was effective in the resistance to German occupation the Second World War. He was completely unsuspected until six months before ...

Jackie Mason Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; yi, יעקב משה מזא; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. His 1986 one-man show ''The World According to Me!'' won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Cir ...

- American comedian * Marc-Alain Ouaknin - French rabbi and philosopher. * Justine W. Polier, first woman Justice in

the state of New York New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state ...

. * Michael O. Rabin – an Israeli computer scientist and a recipient of the Turing Award, He was son of a rabbi. *

Paul Reuter Paul Julius Reuter (born Israel Beer Josaphat; 21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), later ennobled as Freiherr von Reuter (Baron von Reuter), was a German-born British entrepreneur who was a pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting.Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was estab ...

. * Bernard Revel – American rabbi and scholar. * Ernestine Rose – American suffragist and abolitionist. * David Rosen – Served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland (1979–85) and serves as the Director of the American Jewish Committee's Department of Interreligious Affairs. A son of Rabbi Dr.

Kopul Rosen Rabbi Dr Yaacov Kopul Rosen (1913–1962) was an important anglo-Jewish rabbi and educationalist. In 1946 he testified before the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine, asking them not to "play politics with the remnants of the Jewish ...

, as are his brothers

Jeremy Rosen Jeremy Rosen (born ) is an Orthodox rabbi, author, and lecturer. Rosen is an advocate of modern Orthodox Judaism which aims to balance tolerance of modernity, individual variations and a commitment to Jewish law (''Halacha''). His articles and ...

and Michael Rosen. *

Maurice Rose Maurice Rose (November 26, 1899 – March 30, 1945) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general. A veteran of World War I and World War II, Rose was commanding the 3rd Armored Division when he was kille ...

– American general. * Moses Rosen – Romanian rabbi. * Barney Ross – American boxer. *

Erich Segal Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its hit film adaptation. Early life and education Born and raised in a ...

– American author, screenwriter, and educator. * Israel Joshua Singer - novelist * Joseph Spiegel – entrepreneur, founder of the

Spiegel catalog Spiegel was an American direct marketing retailer founded in 1865 by Joseph Spiegel. Spiegel published a catalog, like its competitors Sears and Montgomery Ward, which advertised various brands of apparel, accessories, and footwear, as well a ...

Haim-Moshe Shapira Haim-Moshe Shapira ( he, חיים משה שפירא, 26 March 1902 – 16 July 1970) was a key Israeli politician in the early days of the state's existence. A signatory of Israel's declaration of independence, he served continuously as a minist ...

- Israeli politician. * Jonathan Silverman - American actor. *

Haym Solomon Haym Salomon (also Solomon; anglicized from Chaim Salomon; April 7, 1740 – January 6, 1785) was a Polish-born Jewish businessman and political financial broker who assisted the Superintendent of Finance, English-born Robert Morris, as the prim ...

– Polish-born American Jewish businessman and political financial broker. *

Haym Soloveitchik Haym Soloveitchik (born September 19, 1937) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi and historian. He is the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He graduated from the Maimonides School which his father founded in Brookline, Massachusetts and ...

- American rabbi and historian, son of rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, himself son of rabbi

Moshe Soloveichik Moshe Soloveichik (1879 in Valozhyn – January 31, 1941) was an Orthodox rabbi. He was the eldest son of renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi. He married Pesya Feinstein, daughter of the renowned Rabbi of Pruzany, ...

, himself son of rabbi

Chaim Soloveitchik Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, pl, Chaim Sołowiejczyk), also known as Reb Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker appr ...

, himself son of rabbi

Yosef Dov Soloveitchik Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (born 1820 in Nesvizh, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire; died May 1, 1892 in Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire) was the author of Beis Halevi, by which name he is better known among Talmudic scholars. He w ...

Manès Sperber Manès Sperber (12 December 1905 – 5 February 1984) was an Austrian- French novelist, essayist and psychologist. He also wrote under the pseudonyms ''Jan Heger'' and ''N.A. Menlos''. Early life Sperber was born on 12 December 1905 in Zabłotó ...

– Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist. * David Steinberg - Canadian comedian and actor. * Jacob Taubes, sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism. * Joel Teitelbaum - Romanian-born rabbi, son of rabbi

Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum Chanayah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum (22 May 1836 – 15 February 1904)Yizhak Raphael, Shalom Hayim Parush, Yitshak Alfasi. ''Entsiklopedyah la-Hasidut''. Mosad ha-Rav Kuk (1980). OCLC 13175627. p. 20. was the Grand Rebbe of Siget, and the author ...

, himself son of rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, himself son of rabbi Elazar Nison Teitelbaum, himself son of rabbi

Moshe Teitelbaum Moshe Teitelbaum may refer to: * Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) (1759–1841), Hasidic Rebbe * Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar) Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (Yiddish: משה טײטלבױם; November 1, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the w ...

. * Mike Todd – American theater and film producer. * Judah Touro – American businessman and philanthropist. *

Reva Unterman Reva Unterman is a columnist and author who uses the pen name Reva Mann. Mann is the granddaughter of the former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of the State of Israel, Isser Yehuda Unterman, and the daughter of Morris Unterman, rabbi of the West End Marble ...

– British columnist and author. * Leo Wise – newspaper editor and publisher. *

Léon Zadoc-Kahn Léon Zadoc-Kahn (2 September 1870 - 23 November 1943) was a French medical doctor, the Chief Medical Officer of the Rothschild Hospital, Paris, treasurer of the Curie Foundation and the Chair of the Central Committee of Keren haYesod, France. Du ...

– French physicist, son of rabbi Zadoc Kahn. *

Efraim Zuroff Efraim Zuroff ( he, אפרים זורוף; born August 5, 1948) is an American-born Israeli historian and Nazi hunter who has played a key role in bringing indicted Nazi and fascist war criminals to trial. Zuroff, the director of the Simon Wiesen ...

- historian and nazi-hunter.

Eastern religion

Buddhism

Fumio Niwa was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel ''The Buddha Tree'' (Japanese ''Bodaiju'', "The Linden", or "The Bodhi Tree", 1956). He was ordained as a Shin Buddhist priest in his youth, but aba ...

– Japanese novelist. * Kiyoura Keigo – Japanese politician.

Shinto

Akira Ifukube was a Japanese classical and film music composer, best known for his works on the ''Godzilla'' franchise. Biography Early years in Hokkaido Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimi ...

– Japanese classical composer, son of a Shinto priest. *

Kamo no Mabuchi was a ''kokugaku'' scholar, poet and philologist during mid-Edo period Japan. Along with Kada no Azumamaro, Motoori Norinaga, and Hirata Atsutane, he was regarded as one of the Four Great Men of Kokugaku, and through his research into the spiri ...

– Japanese poet. * Setzuso Kotsuji – son of a prominent Shinto priest, descended from a long-line of well-known priests, converted to Orthodox Judaism

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